Chapter 105: An Unsightly Eating
Fang Mingche made the decision right away and paid 300 yuan for half a year's rent. He planned to sign a long-term contract when the business stabilized. The penalty for breach of contract would be set higher by then, to prevent it from being occupied by others when the business became prosperous and big.
The yard was larger than Fang Mingche expected, with more than 400 square meters. The rent would naturally be more expensive. It was still abandoned and overgrown with weeds, half a person's height.
The three of them looked at it and went home to boil water for a bath.
Although Zhu Dahai hesitated, he was still ready to follow Mingche first. After all, there were still a few people in the slum who wanted to do it. If he didn't do it, he would be replaced immediately. He planned to look for a better job while he was still working, and resign when there was a better opportunity.
The big bowl tea stall made 20 yuan a day. He had seen such a profitable business, and he really didn't think much of earning 1.5 yuan a day.
It was a pity that self-employed people, even as capable as Xiao Fang, couldn't get a stall. They could only hand over such a profitable business to the handicraft cooperative.
Mingche only called two down-to-earth educated youth who returned to the city, Geng Shan and Liu Qingfeng, in addition to Zhu Dahai. As for the others, they can only wait until the scale is expanded. But it is okay to be a temporary worker in the land reclamation and be paid on a daily basis.
At the beginning, the salary of three employees alone is more than 100 yuan per month. The pressure is not small!
Now everyone gathered at Fang's house for a meeting.
Fang Mingche said: "I will continue to set up the stall in August. Starting tomorrow, Zhu Dahai, you will lead them to clean up. Normally, it is 1.5 yuan, and there will be a high temperature subsidy in the dog days, which adds up to 2 yuan a day. The three long-term workers and the temporary workers in the slum are all paid the same amount."
Excluding the couple and Teacher Gao who worked and studied, there were exactly seven people including temporary workers. I dare not have more!
Fang Mingche did not ask Teacher Gao for this land reclamation work. Intellectuals are not good at physical work, but are more suitable for using their brains. The right people must be placed in the right positions.
Lin Yan asked, "When do you plan to open?"
Fang Mingche said, "The 8th. August 8th, what a good day! It's not feudal superstition, but people who do business still have to be particular."
Speaking of which, the 12-day legal residence period is coming soon. However, after hearing about his college entrance examination results, Aunt Yuan didn't ask about it anymore.
Aunt Yuan was afraid that so many people in the compound knew about Fang Mingche's return to his hometown to take the college entrance examination. That would be to tell everyone that he was a blind migrant who had been illegally staying in the capital before! If anyone has any opinions about her or Fang Mingche, go to the street office to report. She will definitely be punished.
Now he can obviously go to a university in the capital, and it's a good university. There's nothing to be afraid of! Without personal grudges, normal people would not want to offend a capable person like Fang Mingche.
Since the college entrance examination results came out, Fang Mingche went to set up a stall these days, and the attitude of the people in the cooperative has become much better.
Before, he relied on the stall being rented to him by them. If he didn't rent it, he couldn't set up a stall. That's really a bit inflated!
At this moment, they set up the stall first. Song Quan said, "I want to return the 60 yuan rent for June and July to Xiao Fang. And I won't charge for August. We will have to take over their big bowl tea stall later, and we can't make the most of it. Besides, we haven't even paid them the tuition for English lessons."
If he said this before the college entrance examination results came out, the people in the cooperative would not agree. They would only think that Xiao Fang could continue to set up the tea stall because of the cooperative. They allowed him to stay for June to September, a full four months. Originally, they could have set up a tea stall by themselves during these four months.
Even when he brought it up now, someone said, "He gave up all the credit for his work to please Wang Dexian. It's good that we allowed him to set up a stall in our territory."
Song Quan said: "You don't know the inside story of his relationship with Wang Dexian. Don't spread rumors! If you spread rumors and implicate Wang Dexian, don't blame me for not reminding you. He was Wang Dexian's English teacher and gave him advice. Do you know that Wang Dexian paid 400 yuan for English tuition? Now, you all know that Xiao Fang was a migrant worker before. So, he is not suitable for the limelight! He just served as a military advisor to Wang Dexian. Do you still think he is weak by nature and think he is easy to bully?"
Many craftsmen really thought so before. Now they looked at each other. They all got into college. They will not be ordinary people in the future.
Song Quan said: "So what I mean is to leave some room for people to do things. In case you need help from them in the future, you can ask for it. Of course, if you insist on not doing it, I can't force you."
Collective-owned enterprises are looked down upon by state-owned enterprises and self-employed enterprises. They think they are superior to others and they are begging them.
But Song Quan felt that people like Xiao Fang, who were in a good time now, would definitely be in good shape in the future. The key point was that he would be a child of destiny and a college student!
Finally, the people in the cooperative reached a consensus: to return Fang Mingche's rent. After all, he was really amazing.
It seemed that everyone had a misunderstanding about Wang Dexian's matter. 400 yuan in tuition was very high! Moreover, his shortcoming of being a migrant worker had been made up. There was no way to control him on this point.
August was also the last month. After that, the tea stall would make money for the cooperative, and everyone would get a share. It would be better to return the rent to him as Song Tou'er said. Let him pay more attention to it when he teaches English next time.
But Song Quan knew that paying tuition was impossible, so he didn't mention it again.
Fang Mingche came again, and was going to pay 30 yuan for the last month's rent. In the end, Song Quan returned him 60 yuan.
"You have helped our cooperative so much, but it's a pity that I can't make the decision alone. I have taken advantage of you a lot, so I can't charge you this rent anymore."
Fang Mingche thought for a while, "Okay, then for the stall for these three months, I will consider it as the exchange for my previous advice and teaching English to you."
Since Lao Wang left, these people have been incited to want his tea stall, and he has no expectations for them. Even the silent majority is not worth making friends with. Only Lao Song is still someone he can continue to get along with.
He is going to prepare for the tea stall here, and the logistics staff of the cooperative are quick to help. Before the college entrance examination results are out, these people are not so quick.
Fang Mingche didn't say anything, and he was busy himself.
Song Quan said: "Why are you late today?"
"Oh, I rented a new yard. The yard is full of weeds. Today, I asked A Yan and Zhu Dahai to bring people to help clear the wasteland. I helped them pack their things and gave them a few instructions."
Song Quan quickly realized that Xiao Fang was going to tinker with another business again. He didn't just study and stop doing business after being admitted to university.
Then he stopped setting up the big bowl tea stall only because the cooperative did not give him this opportunity. There was no basis for them to continue to cooperate. Otherwise, it would be handled just like the previous time when he went back to take the college entrance examination.
Therefore, the refund of rent only made the cooperative look a little better. They just picked up someone else's good business for free!
(End of this chapter)
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